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Salaam Cinema
Shocking documentary about film-crazy Iranians who reveal all in a sham audition. If Kiarostami is the Rafael of Iranian Film, then Makhmalbaf is thePublished on: -
The White Balloon
Last December, Jafar Panahi and his fellow filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof were sentenced by a Revolutionary Court to six years imprisonment. They were alPublished on: -
Withdrawal
Ups and downs at an Iranian girls’ boarding school. Life’s problems are only hidden from the outside world. Strong cast in airy drama full of…Published on: -
Turtles Can Fly
The director of ‘A Time for Drunken Horses’ again expresses his sympathy with the fate of Kurdish children in war zones. A handicapped boy enters…Published on: -
20 Fingers
A fresh, dynamic and revolutionary picture of life on the back of the motorbike, with stories from Iranian family life about independence, power, confPublished on: -
Beautiful City
Beautifully shot psychological drama about an Iranian boy who wants to save his friend from the death penalty. He starts on a rescue mission that…Published on: -
Story Undone
Acid humour, surrealism and above all engagement in this film about a film. A young film maker is planning to make a documentary film about…Published on: -
Smoke & Mirror
Intimate psychological drama about an emigrant who returns to Iran after she has lived abroad for years. There she wants to reconnect with her estrangPublished on: -
Five
The master investigates the vague boundaries of documentary practice. Five scenes, five lengthy registrations, no actors, no script. Light, airy meditPublished on: -
Delbaran
Delbaran is an almost deserted Iranian village near the Afghan border, where the desert is inhabited by truckers, Afghan resistance fighters, and a fePublished on: